Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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B292330
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Modification: People v. Hall
Petitioner's arrest and probation reports, although hearsay, were sufficiently reliable under the circumstances to support their admissibility in determining whether petitioner was eligible for relief under Proposition 64. |
Evidence |
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K. Yegan | Oct. 10, 2019 |
D072863
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McHugh v. Protective Life Insurance
Insurance Code Sections 10113.71 and 10113.72 only applied to term life insurance policies issued or delivered after January 1, 2013, so they could not apply to the relevant policy as appellants claimed. |
Insurance |
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T. O'Rourke | Oct. 10, 2019 |
G052967
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Modification: People v. Mejia
True finding of premeditated and deliberation as an aider and abettor cannot be based on the natural and probable consequences doctrine, so that finding must be vacated. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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K. O'Leary | Oct. 10, 2019 |
A150234
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Modification: Cheema v. L.S. Trucking, Inc.
Under Penal Code Section 3287, prejudgment interest is appropriate where damages are certain or capable of being made certain by calculation if the defendant actually knows the damage amount. |
Civil Procedure |
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S. Pollak | Oct. 9, 2019 |
A155606
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Maacama Watershed Alliance v. County of Sonoma
Opinions of local residents, based largely on views of different structure, did not constitute substantial evidence that winery will have a significant aesthetic impact; thus, judgment was affirmed. |
Environmental Law |
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A. Tucher | Oct. 9, 2019 |
B282129
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Sprengel v. Zbylut
In determining whether an attorney entered into an 'implied' attorney-client relationship to represent the interests of the individual partners of an entity a court must assess the totality of circumstances. |
Attorneys |
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L. Zelon | Oct. 9, 2019 |
B292054
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Supershuttle International Inc. v. Labor & Workforce Development Agency
Defendants' anti-SLAPP motion failed because plaintiff's allegations did not arise from protected activity, but rather from the Labor Commissioner's intended act of refusing to recognize a superior court judgment. |
Anti-SLAPP |
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M. Stratton | Oct. 9, 2019 |
E070918
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Estate of Holdaway
Plaintiff's creditor's claim and complaint were both timely filed, and although plaintiff's complaint was uncertain in some respects, plaintiff should have the opportunity to plead around those uncertainties. |
Civil Procedure |
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M. Raphael | Oct. 9, 2019 |
18-70066
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Bedrosian v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Challenge to timeliness of Final Partnership Administrative Adjustment must be raised in the partnership-level proceeding itself, and failure to do so results in forfeiture of the argument. |
Tax |
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M. Schroeder | Oct. 9, 2019 |
17-15807
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Amended Opinion: Zabriskie v. Federal National Mortgage Association
A seller of software to a company that uses the software product to process credit report information is not a consumer reporting agency because it is not "assembling or evaluating" any information. |
Consumer Law |
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J. Wallace | Oct. 9, 2019 |
17-56581
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Ray v. County of Los Angeles
Order |
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Oct. 9, 2019 | ||
B288905
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Myles v. Pennymac Loan Services
It is not enough for a homeowner to allege a mortgage assignment was voidable. The homeowner must provide facts supporting why the assignment is void as a matter of law. |
Real Property |
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J. Wiley | Oct. 9, 2019 |
B295310
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Barajas v. Appellate Division
Application of exclusionary rule at a probable cause hearing under Penal Code Section 991 was not required; Section 1538.5 is the Legislature's codification of the exclusionary rule. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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V. Chaney | Oct. 8, 2019 |
E070042
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People v. Medrano
Appellant failed by choice or inadvertence to exercise his right to make a record of mitigating youth-related evidence, and remand to allow him to make such a showing was not warranted. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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F. Menetrez | Oct. 8, 2019 |
18-1258
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Enclarity Inc v. Fulton
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-7572
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Webster v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-8737
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Bachiller v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-8911
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Humbert v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9185
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Martin v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9210
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Solomon v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9211
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Escourse-Westbrook v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9234
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Mendoza v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9244
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Herrera v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9266
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Rodriguez v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9302
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Lin v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9323
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Duhart v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9425
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Contreras v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9444
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Greer v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9589
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Gilbert v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 | ||
18-9707
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Cook v. U.S.
Order |
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Oct. 8, 2019 |